Can we talk about that deer?
The first time I saw it, I thought, “Well, that’s kinda creepy.”
The second time, it was a lot closer and I thought, “Ah geez, is that the best they could do?!”
Then a character started hallucinating and tells his buddy that the bipedal deer thing is standing behind him and touching him. This made me feel uncomfortable and I thought, “If that fake-looking deer pops up behind him, I can’t say for sure whether I’ll crack up or shit myself.”
It was at this point that the deer began to take on a sort of Lynchian, there’s-something-not-quite-right-about-this quality, like those goddamn rabbit people from Inland Empire. I thought, “I’m not sure that I…